I was servicing my house batteries and noticed some corrosion on the negative post ring terminal. I removed it to clean it up and it was loose at the crimp. I don't have a heavy duty or a medium duty for that matter crimping tool to install a replacement. Do they make a ring terminal that has a bracket where you can tighten down the cable with bolts like the automotive top mount cables use? I never liked the crimp on cable ends especially since I don't own a crimper. I could buy one but it's not something I would likely use often enough. Ideas?

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Here is a trick. Get a proper sized nut and drill out the threads.
then use a hacksaw and cut the nut in half.

Place the nut halfs around the terminals, and use a bench vise or hydraulic press to crimp it.
I have also placed a 16D nail on top of the terminal when crimping to get more pressure on a smaller area for a better crimp.

Thanks for the ideas guys. I can most likely get it crimped somewhere or even on my bench vise if I remove the cable but was looking for a fix without taking the cable off. Nobody liked the set screw ring terminals I linked?

I concur with the hammer crimper. I built all my 3/0 cables with one. Some say crimp both sides but that may be overkill. Our diesel mechanics use them on our bulldozers and heavy equipment, and they take alot more of a beating than these RV's.

I concur with the hammer crimper. I built all my 3/0 cables with one. Some say crimp both sides but that may be overkill. Our diesel mechanics use them on our bulldozers and heavy equipment, and they take alot more of a beating than these RV's.

I'm not familiar with cable lingo. Is 3/0 the cable gauge size? Any idea what gauge size house battery cables are? They seem pretty solid.

so 3/0 is triple ought wire... that's BIG... honestly I've always soldered these terminals with rosin core solder and put some shrink tube around them.... I mount them in a vice... and heat the terminal with a propane torch... than add the shrink tube...

BILL... I've never seen a crimping tool under $100, this find on Amazon is great... now I've got to decide if as a retired old guy... I need to add another NEW TOOL to my tool box...

BTW - I usually go to a welding supply store for my battery cable... I purchase welding lead by the foot... they have that material in several different sizes... I like their cable because its lots and lots of small strands... instead of a few strands of larger diameter wire... the heavy lots of strand welding cable is much easier to handle and bend around a corner.... when its on the + side of the system I put a 3" long piece of RED shrink tube next to the terminal.....